Why We Fail
February 13th, 2015 // 7:24 pm @ Coach Erik
We fail when we say no to a challenge that scares us. We fail when we play small or wait to be picked. We fail when we let fear hold our life hostage. We fail when we hesitate to speak our truth, act in alignment with our core values or say I love you. We […]
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Just Show Up
February 13th, 2015 // 6:11 pm @ Coach Erik
The secret to success in fitness and in life is consistently showing up. Often we blame out lack of resources for to taking action (the greatest of which is time.) Remember it’s not your resources, but your resourcefulness that determines your destiny. Today I invite you to meet yourself where you are and with […]
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4 Amazing Benefits of Interval Training
December 10th, 2014 // 3:15 pm @ Coach Erik
Interval training defined as alternating bursts of high intensity activity followed by intervals of lighter activity can have amazing effects on your health and physique. Here’s what it can do for you: #1 Burn more calories in less time. #2 increases your basal metabolic rate (the rate you burn calories at rest) so you will […]
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Need a Boost? Do This.
December 2nd, 2014 // 10:35 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach E here: Food is perhaps the most abused anxiety drug and exercise is perhaps the most underutilized antidepressant. Take away: If you need a boost get moving. Emotion is created by motion. As little as two minutes of movement can change your biochemistry and can give your day a hit of awesome! Get […]
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Serious or Curious?
November 5th, 2014 // 11:18 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: In life we get what we must and not what we “should.” I invite you to think about all the times you’ve taken inspired action when you were absolutely committed to making something happen. Chances are you found a way no matter what obstacle stood in your way. Your mission was a […]
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WARNING: Exercise May Cause Abundant Health & Happiness
February 13th, 2014 // 3:47 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: Most people begin an exercise program because of the way they want to look. They stay because of the way it makes them feel. The secret to lifelong fitness and wellness is to focus on how good it feels to move. When you anchor joy to the experience of exercise you become […]
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Liquid Awesome
December 3rd, 2013 // 3:00 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: Need a hit of awesome today? I invite you to move. Move with unbridled passion. Move with intention. Move with reckless joy. Take away: I offer being fit for life has nothing to do with how you look and everything to do with how you feel. Keep it fun today […]
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Fit: Making Your Visceral Connection
August 15th, 2013 // 3:01 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach E here, Emotion is created by motion. Exercise floods your body with happy chemistry (serotonin, epinephrine, dopamine and endorphin.) People who make their fitness connection for life have become neurologically, emotionally and chemically anchored to how exercise makes them feel as opposed to how it makes them look. Over time exercise becomes something […]
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Travel Fitness Tips: Staying on Track While You’re on the Road
May 30th, 2013 // 8:54 pm @ Coach Erik
By Mike Manning Staying fit while on the road can be very difficult for many travelers. Temptations abound. Too often, when travelers return home they have lost all of their momentum from their fitness regimen. Sometimes they get it back. Sometimes they don’t. Many of the common pitfalls that travelers fall into while traveling can […]
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Make Your Fitness Resolutions Stick in 2013
December 27th, 2012 // 8:05 pm @ Coach Erik
Coach Erik here: We’ve all been there. We take a break from our fitness and wellness habits during the holiday season and resolve to turn it “on” in the New Year. The question is, how can we make our resolutions stick when our New Years momentum begins to fade? My offering today is my top 10 tips […]
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